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The Brave Ones

Weight Watchers CEO Mindy Grossman on her career switches from Nike to wellness

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How Candy Crush Saga's Riccardo Zacconi became a gaming king

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How a lost pair of glasses and a friendship disrupted the eyewear industry

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Mindy Grossman once shocked her parents by dropping out of college and moving to New York

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King co-founder Riccardo Zacconi says Facebook nearly crushed his company

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The life of Arianna: Huffington on becoming a media mogul and thriving after burnout

Mon, Oct 28th 2019

Jack Ma told Arianna Huffington to leave the business she founded — here's what happened next

Thu, Dec 12th 2019

Sonia Cheng: The Hong Kong CEO on her billionaire family and luxury hotel group Rosewood

Fri, Jul 5th 2019

Tony Hawk: The skateboard legend on being a misfit and a mogul — and landing that 900-degree spin

Thu, Jul 18th 2019

Tony Hawk: 'Chasing a skateboard career into adult life is the bravest thing I've done'

Thu, Dec 12th 2019

Tony Hawk turned down a $500,000 royalty check in his 20s — here's why

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